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Private Wealth Disputes - Canada
What the Team is Known For
Blaney McMurtry is a full-service law firm. Its wills and estates team offers private client services. The firm has a particularly strong reputation for litigation work, and its trusts and estates litigation practice is well regarded.
Strengths
Blaney McMurtry are efficient in responses and very knowledgeable.
Blaney McMurtry are practical and very responsive.
Notable practitioners
Margaret Rintoul is able to handle both contentious and non-contentious trust and estate matters.
Margaret is not only measured and knowledgeable, but she is never part of the problem; she is part of a measured solution, even on contentious points.
Margaret's advice is always succinct and up to date, in terms of the status of the law. She is very good at separating material from immaterial facts and giving quality advice.
If I could work with Margaret on all my files I would be happy. She is very responsive, knows her stuff, and is very good in court.
Aly Virani is an up-and-coming partner at Blaney McMurtry. He regularly advises high net worth clients on estate planning and administration, family trusts and tax planning.
Aly has a good mind for complexity. He can distil a case down to its parts and combines technical prowess with being an effective advocate. He writes and drafts very well.
Aly has a really good working area and very strong knowledge of the law. He comes up with creative solutions.
It's a sheer delight and a breath of fresh air to work with Aly. He simplifies all enquiries and explains things well in lay terms despite the complexities of the enquiries.